This ruler nominated Robert Cecil to be state secretary, in which role Cecil served as spymaster, and executed Robert Devereux on charges of rebellion. Ridolfi and Babington name two plots against this monarch, and the papal 
This ruler nominated Robert Cecil to be state secretary, in which role Cecil served as spymaster, and executed Robert Devereux on charges of rebellion. Ridolfi and Babington name two plots against this monarch, and the papal bull Regnans in Excelsis led to this monarch's excommunication [*] from the Catholic Church. The second Act of Supremacy was passed during this monarch's reign; she later executed Mary, Queen of Scots and sent forces to defeat the Spanish Armada. For 10 points, name this daughter of Henry VIII and sister of "Bloody" Mary I, a supposed Virgin Queen of England.
This ruler nominated Robert Cecil to be state secretary, in which role Cecil served as spymaster, and executed Robert Devereux on charges of rebellion.
{Elizabeth} I